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This joint advisory report was produced to assist the (then) new government in its deliberations about reducing public expenditure.

Spatial development is high on the political agenda. Until recently, the responsibility for the living environment quality belonged to the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning .....

The objective of this advisory memorandum is to provide guidance on how to focus more on developments in the size and composition of the population, on socio-economic factors and .....

The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) merits acceptance, support and further development.

The Hazardous Substances Council advices the Dutch government to enlarge investments of research in the knowledge area of safety and hazardous substances. Based on an inventory .....

Investing in construction, utilisation and road pricing will not be enough to improve mobility in the Randstad, the highly urbanised western part of the Netherlands. Extra .....

Joint advice of the council for transport, public works and water management (Raad voor Verkeer en Waterstaat, council for housing, spatial planing and the environment (VROM-raad) .....

In Dutch external safety policy, the acceptability of risk in the area surrounding a hazard is assessed based on a limit value for individual risk (IR). Additionally, changes to .....

The European seas and oceans, the North and Wadden Sea included, are harbouring an enormous economical and ecological potential. At the same time it is justified to state that .....

In this advice the Advisory Council for Transport, Public Works and Water Management calls for attention to opportunities for strengthening the position of the Netherlands through .....